Litigation
Dec. 3, 2015
Libel law change good for publishers
A dispute involving an online media publisher has prompted to state Legislature and Gov. Brown to revise California's libel to protect such publishers. By Lee Brenner and Andreas Becker
Lee S. Brenner
Venable LLPUC Hastings
Lee Brenner, chair of Venable's Entertainment and Media Litigation Group, is a trial attorney and business litigator based in the firm's Los Angeles office.
A dispute involving an online media publisher has prompted the California Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown to revise California's libel law in an effort to protect such publishers.
California's Civil Code Section 48a previously limited a plaintiff suing for libel in a newspaper to special damages unless he or she demanded that the publisher correct the allegedly false statements and the publisher failed to m...
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